Victoria is compact enough that a Melbourne band can play Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo or the Mornington Peninsula and still be home the same night, which is why so many regional bookings here go to city acts. Geelong and the Surf Coast have a scene of their own, Gippsland and the north-east less so, and a Yarra Valley winery in July is a beautiful place for a wedding and a cold one for a band.